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Example sentences of "[subord] [verb] at [adj] " in BNC.

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1	Prices , where stated at all , were scribbled in decorative script upon tiny cards , an afterthought .
2	I could not have looked out of the window if I had tried , the chores were all done , and there was nothing whatever to do except sit at that table and write .
3	You can say that three year olds are more like other three year olds than , say , thirty year olds would be like other thirty year olds , and the younger the child the more true that is , so that would be much more true at age a year , assuming that there are n't any physical defects or mental defects , than say at three .
4	You can say that three year olds are more like other three year olds than , say , thirty year olds would be like other thirty year olds , and the younger the child the more true that is , so that would be much more true at age a year , assuming that there are n't any physical defects or mental defects , than say at three .
5	There are considerable gains to be made too in fuel consumption , for while second gear driving at 30 km/h actually consumes seven per cent more fuel than driving at 50 km/h , third gear defensive approaches yield a seven per cent fall .
6	We had to look at where the opportunities were for development in Greater York as a whole rather than looking at individual district elements , and in terms of land available , erm Mr Steel appears to have included some sites which we classify as land held in reserve , which we do n't normally count towards the land availability targets , although we do acknowledge that it is there .
7	He believed that the Scottish Secretary 's estimates were probably based on the operation of the system once it had bedded down rather than looking at initial assumptions .
8	An answer to this depends on a correct definition of human uniqueness rather than looking at those features Man shares with animals . ’
9	Less embarrassing than shouting at each other in front of all these people . ’
10	I think his er the best thing to do would be simply to acknowledge at that stage , as Bill did , yeah that is an important area erm say yeah that 's something we can help you on , indeed it 's something many of my clients erm have found that Friends Provident is really very good at organizing , we 've got plans specifically designed for that but rather than look at that now , let's look at the overall picture
11	Rather than grasping at current structural prescriptions as a solution to all organizational ills , careful thought needs to be given to the full range of their implications , in the particular context to which they are to be applied .
12	They have generally been found by the chance of fieldwork and aerial reconnaissance and many are awaiting discovery ; when they are studied in detail they are often found to be much larger than thought at first , covering areas , in some cases , of over 100 acres .
13	It also brought Victorian attitudes dictating that dancing lessons in dance schools were more acceptable than dancing at large public Assemblies .
14	The established Communist parties , however , although overshadowed at first by the new radicalism , were by no means totally eclipsed by it .
15	They more than pulled at this point — they just stopped communicating .
16	This is a much more debatable — and debated — point than appears at first sight .
17	The distinction does arise and it can not entirely be neglected but it is much less important than appears at first sight .
18	There may prove to be less difference between some modern versions of Christianity and Buddhism and psychoanalysis than appears at first sight .
19	Such compound instructions may therefore be less useful than appears at first sight .
20	Those who have worked in the legal civil service report that it is much more interesting than appears at first sight .
21	In these pulsars , γ -ray emission accounts for as much as 1% of the total neutron star spin-down energy , much more than emerges at optical or radio frequencies , so study of this emission is important in understanding pulsar emission and evolution .
22	The above two examples give body to the suggestion by Alan Clarke that early learning , in itself , is of no more consequence than learning at any other stage of development , and that it will bring about long-term effects only if it is repeatedly reinforced throughout subsequent childhood .
23	Made up of three National Certificate Modules , each cluster is designed to encourage students , especially those in schools , to take coherent groups of modules rather than choosing at random .
24	He also called for a full investigation into Orkney 's Social Work Department , and the RSSPCC whose involvement was turning out to be very much more fundamental than had at first been supposed .
25	She spoke and understood more English than had at first appeared but it seemed to be English she had got from the Kettering children , so she was easily understood by Jacqueline who would run to her , climb on to her lap , whenever the maid sat down for a moment and stay there silent and apparently overawed .
26	Profits more than doubled at pre-tax level , but were complicated by the application of the new accounting rules .
27	Not surprisingly , the daughter and her husband were less than thrilled at this and the further suggestion that they could rent their home back !
28	‘ Although assembled at British Rail Engineering , many of the major components are made elsewhere , ’ says the article .
29	On the one hand towards a more realist approach which is essential but can not go too far because if pursued at other than a meso-scale level is in danger of leading towards natural and biological sciences .
30	A survey , Young Single Mothers Today , by One Parent Families , ‘ shows that teenage pregnancy results from a complex set of circumstances and motivations , of which housing is only a minor factor , if considered at all , ’ explains Sue Slipman , of One Parent Families .